Aaron

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From Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning "bearer of martyrs", or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian "aha rw" ("warrior lion"), though it has been suggested to also mean "elevated", "exalted" or "high mountain", or "woe to this pregnancy".

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Aaron

  1. (Judaism & Christianity) The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus.
  2. A male given name.
    • 1969 Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint, Random House, 2002, page 145:
      - - - the Junior Prom with boys whose names are right out of the grade-school reader, not Aaron and Arnold and Marvin, but Johnny and Billy and Jimmy and Tod. Not Portnoy or Pincus, but Smith and Jones and Brown!

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The given name was exclusively Jewish in the Middle Ages, taken up by Gentiles in the 17th century, and popular among both in the end of the 20th century.

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Aaron m. 

  1. A male given name, cognate to Aaron.

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Aaron

  1. (biblical) Aaron
  2. A male given name of biblical origin.

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  • IPA: [ˈɑːron]
  • Hyphenation: Aa‧ron

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Aaron

  1. (biblical) Aaron.
  2. A male given name.

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Aaron

  1. Genitive singular form of Aaro.

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Aaron

  1. (biblical) Aaron.
  2. A male given name.

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Aaron

  1. (biblical) Aaron.
  2. A male given name.

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